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I can always talk about cats. There's always cats.
People sometimes ask me if it is hard to write, it is not-however no column starts without a topic. I manage a topic per week but some weeks are more fertile while others are kind of barren. I have found this week to be a little barren, however I can always write about cats.
My Wednesday is typically a cat day. After my column is finished, a...

My daughter spotted a canister with a large, red heart on it as she explored our pantry for an appealing breakfast. She was 9 at the time.
Mom, Id like oatmeal for breakfast, she said.
Of course you can have oatmeal, I said, happy to oblige.
I showed her how to make oatmeal quickly in the microwave. We used milk instead of water as a nutrition bonus, and she added a sprinkle of brown sugar.
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We Minnesotans like to complain about the weather, this I know to be true. Its either too hot or too cold. Theres too much rain or not enough, too much snow or not enough, too many days when the sun doesnt shine.
And then there is the wind; always we seem to have the wind.
If we didnt have to complain about the weather, what would we have to complain about? I mean, really, we live in the l...

We all have one life, and the one we are given is the one that we have.
"Stuck with," we are tempted to grumble when we compare our circumstances with our perception of other people's lives. It is easy, especially in this day of shallow social media posts, to think that everyone else has the perfect job, perfect relationship, perfect car, and, thanks to enhancement apps, the perfect face and f...

The brochure was a nice surprise under my bills and junk mail, delivered on one of those icy days that make you wish you lived anywhere other than Fargo. I flipped through the Visit Utah travel guide and admittedly, was thrown off. I never thought of Utah as anything special. Categorizedwith states like Arkansas, Missouri and Iowa, I didn't feel it was known for anything terribly riveting. And ...